Impacts on the Social Cohesion of Mainland Spain’s Future Motorway and High-Speed Rail Networks

RESUMENLas infraestructuras de transporte presentes sobre el territorio condicionan las relaciones sociales y de comunicación de muchos espacios. Grandes estaciones, puertos o aeropuertos se presentan como ejes de centralidad sobre los que se distribuyen flujos de mercancías y personas, configurando a su vez el diseño y la funcionalidad de las ciudades. Hoy en día, con el avance producido en sectores como el ferrocarril de alta velocidad, las estaciones han transformado su función principal de nudo de intercambio, proyectándose como nuevos espacios comerciales y de negocio. En este artículo se analiza este nuevo fenómeno de transformación espacial y social vinculado a la alta velocidad ferroviaria, focalizando su ámbito en España. Se desgrana a su vez el papel de las comunidades sociales, políticas y empresariales para la ciudad y el espacio público presentes en las nuevas estaciones de ferroviarias. Palabras clave: ferrocarril; espacio público; urbanismo. ABSTRACTThis work aims to discuss the transport infrastructures presents on the territory and the conditions to the social and communication relations of many spaces. Large stations, ports or airports are presented as axes of centrality on which flows of goods and people are distributed, configuring in turn the design and functionality of cities. Nowadays, with the advance produced in sectors such as high-speed rail, the stations have transformed their main function as an exchange hub, projecting themselves as new commercial and business spaces. This article analyzes this new phenomenon of spatial and social transformation linked to high-speed rail, focusing its scope in Spain. At the same time, the role of the social, political and business communities for the city and the public space present in the new railway stations.Keywords: railroad; public space; urbanism.

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A study on small-world characteristics of Chinaäó»s high-speed railway networks

Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit Proceedings ◽

10.29173/mocs29 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Xin Yuan ◽

Guo Liu ◽

Kun Hui Ye

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Small World ◽

Clustering Coefficient ◽

High Speed Rail ◽

Attribute Data ◽

The Social ◽

The Difference ◽

Global And Local ◽

The Relationship ◽

Space Method

The small-world model provides a useful perspective and method to study the topological structure and intrinsic characteristics of high-speed rail networks (HRNs). In this paper, the P-space method is used to examine global and local HRNs in China, meanwhile the adjacency matrix is developed, then the social network analysis and visualization tool UCINET is used to calculate the spatial and attribute data of HRNs at national and local levels in China. The small-world characteristics of whole HRNs are discussed, three networks which have different properties are determined, and a comparative analysis of the small-world effect is detected. Then, the relationship between the construction of high-speed rail and regional development of China is analysed. The results show that: 1) China's HRNs have small average path length ( L ) and large clustering coefficient (C ), representing a typical small-world network; 2) Local HRNs have a certain correlation with economic development. The reasons for the difference of HRNs with respect to characteristics among regions are eventually discussed.

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The post-urban gaze and Hong Kong independent cinema: An ecofeminist perspective

Asian Cinema ◽

10.1386/ac_00005_1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 219-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Winnie L. M. Yee

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

High Speed ◽

High Speed Rail ◽

Independent Cinema ◽

Fishing Villages ◽

Urban City ◽

Cultural Imaginary ◽

The Social ◽

Hong Kong Cinema ◽

The Village

The city has always been a prominent subject in Hong Kong cinema. Land has been seen only as a profitable commodity, controlled by property developers and the wealthy. Instead of exploring the countryside and the traditional farming and fishing villages, people shifted their focus to Hong Kong: its skyline became the only valid point of perception. This marginalization of nature, however, was challenged in 2008 during the dispute between the villagers of Choi Yuen village and the Hong Kong government regarding the construction of Guangzhou‐Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Link, which would demolish the village of 500 people that lay along its path. This article looks at Jessey Tsang’s documentary Flowing Stories (2014) and adopts an ecofeminist perspective on the ways in which Hong Kong’s cultural imaginary has been reinvented in films. The role of documentaries in the independent film scene will be reviewed, especially the social-issue documentaries that have become popular since 2008. An ecofeminist approach to our understanding of Hong Kong could shift the paradigm of our stagnant cultural imaginary ‐ the urban city ‐ and resituate Hong Kong in a closer connection with its surroundings and the world.

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NEKI TEHNIČKO-EKONOMSKI ASPEKTI PRUGA ZA VELIKE BRZINE / SOME TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF HIGH RAILWAY SPEED

EMC Review - Časopis za ekonomiju - APEIRON ◽

10.7251/emc16109d ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Branko Davidović ◽

Milivoje Vuković

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

First Year ◽

Pricing Policy ◽

High Speed Rail ◽

Rail Network ◽

The Social ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Conventional Rail ◽

Project Life

Many countries investment and building high speed rail (HSR) infrastructure becouse produces social benefits and costs. The potential benefits are basically time savings, higher reliability, comfort, safety and the release of capacity in the conventional rail network, enviromental roads and airport infrastructure. The costs are high, and sunk in a significant proportion; therefore, the social profitability of the project requires that HSR users’ and other beneficiaries’ willingness to pay is high enough to compensate the sunk and variable costs of maintaining and operating the line plus any other external cost during construction and project life. Problem for our country, is number of passengers to justify a new high speed line. It is very variable, ranging from 3 millions to 17 millions in the first year of operation under possible assumptions examined, but typically even under favourable conditions at least 9 millions passengers per annum will be needed. The economic evaluation of long-lived infrastructure requires a careful construction of the contrafactual and there are many assumptions that might seriously bias the results. This is the case of transport pricing during the lifespan of the project. Pricing policy needs to be explicitly treated.

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The Social Risk of High-Speed Rail Projects in China: A Bayesian Network Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12052087 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 2087 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yutong Xue ◽

Pengcheng Xiang

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Bayesian Network ◽

Case Studies ◽

Local Governments ◽

High Speed ◽

Project Planning ◽

Social Risk ◽

High Speed Rail ◽

Social Risks ◽

The Social

In China, high-speed rail projects have brought huge social and economic benefits to the affected regions after they are completed. However, the potential externalities of such projects cause competition for the station during the project planning phase, thus triggering social risks. This paper studies the mechanisms responsible for generating the social risk associated with such high-speed rail projects. Employing typical case studies, a social risk list for a given project is established. Based on the risk list, a Bayesian network model is developed and verified through case studies, expert interviews, and expert grading. Using the model’s functions of reverse inference and sensitivity analysis, the key risk factors, sensitive risk factors, and maximum causal chain are identified. Countermeasures are then proposed to mitigate the social risk, such as increasing the transparency of and democratizing the planning process for high-speed rail projects, improving the mechanism by which local governments can express interest in such projects, and enhancing emergency management mechanisms. The findings provide points of reference for social risk management when it comes to planning high-speed rail projects and, more generally, offer significant guidance for socially sustainable decision-making processes for mega projects with massive externalities.

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